police scientifique
\po.lis sjɑ̃.ti.fik\
The verdict
“police scientifique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des services et activités policières liés à la recherche et l'identification des auteurs d'infractions, par des moyens scientifiques.
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Index FR-police-scientifique · police scientifique · French
police scientifique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | police scientifique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \po.lis sjɑ̃.ti.fik\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
police scientifique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \po.lis sjɑ̃.ti.fik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble des services et activités policières liés à la recherche et l'identification des auteurs d'infractions, par des moyens scientifiques.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for police scientifique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is police scientifique, spelled P-O-L-I-C-E- -S-C-I-E-N-T-I-F-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des services et activités policières liés à la recherche et l'identification des auteurs d'infractions, par des moyens scientifiques.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.